This allows the caller to specify a uid and gid to use, even if there
is no corresponding password entry. This will be useful in certain
Xen configurations.
We don't support just -runas because: (i) deprivileging without
calling setgroups would be ineffective (ii) given only a uid we don't
know
Ian Jackson writes:
> This allows the caller to specify a uid and gid to use, even if there
> is no corresponding password entry. This will be useful in certain
> Xen configurations.
>
> We don't support just -runas because: (i) deprivileging without
> calling setgroups would be ineffective (ii
This allows the caller to specify a uid and gid to use, even if there
is no corresponding password entry. This will be useful in certain
Xen configurations.
We don't support just -runas because: (i) deprivileging without
calling setgroups would be ineffective (ii) given only a uid we don't
know
